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Keisei Tominaga scored 30 points and Nebraska clinched a tie for third place by beating Michigan 85-70 on Sunday in a Big Ten Conference regular-season finale. Nebraska (22-9, 12-8) matched its second highest win total. Coach Fred Hoiberg and the Cornhuskers tied Northwestern for third place, earning a double by in the conference tournament.
Tominaga posted his second 30-point game of the season, hitting 12-of-17 shots from the floor, including five 3-pointers, as Nebraska improved to 22-9 on the season and 12-8 in Big Ten play.
Michigan Men's Basketball closed out their regular season of the 2023-24 campaign with an eighth straight loss, the team's 13th in 14 games and 18th in 20 games. Matched up against a Nebraska team who eviscerated Michigan's defense in the first meeting between the two teams back in early February, the defense of the Maize & Blue did no better this time. They allowed 50 points in the first half and Nebraska shot 28/36 (77.8%) from two for the game, scoring at a 1.21 PPP clip for the contest. Michigan hung around in the first half but like so many other games this season, were blown out of the water in the second half and the final minutes ticked down without any intrigue. Wash, rinse, repeat. The first half was the Keisei Tominaga show, as the Japanese guard piled up 23 points (nearly half of Nebraska's total) on a sizzling 9/12 shooting. Tominaga had his way with the Michigan defense, lethal from downtown with four triples, plus gobs of easy scores inside at t